MLCL Open House
Wednesday, October 21st from 4-6pm 745 Commonwealth Avenue- 6th Floor
Prof. Wiebke Denecke Wins Prestigious Fellowship
MLCL’s own Professor Wiebke Denecke has won BU’s first Mellon New Directions fellow! Read the full article here!
Undergraduate Jewish Studies End of Year Party
Chinese New Year Celebrated
Chinese Language Program hosted “Chinese New Year Party” on Feb 10, 2012. It featured a variety of 25 performances, language, and cultural activities. 180 students and faculty members attended this event.
Appointment of New Assistant Professor of Korean and Comparative Literature
MLCL is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Yoon Sun Yang as Assistant Professor of Korean and Comparative Literature, a new tenure-track faculty position made possible in part by the generosity of the Korea Foundation. Dr. Yang earned her PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations in 2009 at the University of Chicago (after […]
Beate Alhadeff Presents at 2011 ACTFL Annual Convention and World Languages Expo
In November, 2011, Beate Alhadeff presented her paper, “Teaching about the EU via Crisis Issues,” at the 2011 American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Held in Denver, Colorado, the international convention hosted over 6000 attendees from a variety of language programs from around the world. The focus of the 2011 […]
Professor William Waters appointed Associate Director of Center for the Study of Europe
Professor William Waters, Associate Professor and Chair of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, has been appointed Associate Director of Center for the Study of Europe effective January 1, 2012. Professor Waters’ role will be to oversee humanities-related events (in collaboration with other humanities faculty) as well as to help develop programs, grants, and events that will deepen […]
Professor Sunil Sharma co-curates three exhibitions celebrating the Persian “Book of Kings”
The Shahnama, or “Book of Kings,” is an epic Persian poem completed 1,000 years ago. Three related exhibitions in Boston and Cambridge celebrate the millennium of the completion of this great work. Romantic Interludes: Women in Firdawsi’s Shahnama Museum of Fine Arts, Boston April 24, 2010 – January 16, 2011 Heroic Gestes: Epic Tales from Firdawsi’s Shahnama […]
Professor Sunil Sharma co-curating “Sacred Spaces” exhibition at Harvard’s Sackler Museum
Professor Sunil Sharma is co-curating an exhibition at Harvard University’s Sackler Museum titled Sacred Spaces: The World of Dervishes, Fakirs, and Sufis. This exhibition combines representations of Islamic holy men in Sufi traditions with calligraphic specimens of mystical texts. The exhibition runs from August 6, 2009 to January 3, 2010. Professor Sharma has organized the exhibit […]
BU to honor director Zhang Yimou
On November 7th, representatives from Boston University presented famed film director Zhang Yimou with an official invitation to attend BU’s Commencement ceremonies next spring, where he will be awarded an honorary degree. Zhang’s international profile received a boost last summer, when he directed the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics in Beijing.